The Institute's Speaker Series features speakers of national and international significance, and attracts citizens from throughout the region.

Recent Speaker Series speakers include:

  • Morgan Marietta, Ph.D., Dean of the Center for Economics, Politics & History at the University of Austin
     
  • Former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake
     
  • Mark McKinnon, political advisor and producer of "The Circus"
     
  • Danielle Thomsen, Ph.D., visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics at Princeton University
     
  • Patrick Allitt, Ph.D., Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University
     
  • Max Abrahms, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University
     
  • John King, CNN's chief national correspondent
     
  • Doug Usher, managing partner at Purple Insights
     
  • Former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card